Sifter-top closure.



A. FRANKENBERG.

SIFTER-TOP CLOSURE.

APPLlCATlON FILED' NOV, 17. 1913.

Patented Sept. 14, 1915.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Anrnnn Fnaunnnnnno, a citizen of the United. States, residing at Rockford, in-the county of Winnebago and State of llllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sifter-Top Closures, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to closures for packages adapted to contain condiments, such as spices, and similar substances, particularly when it is desired to sift or sprinkle the substances out of the package.

One of the objects of the invention is to produce a. package closure which, while of inexpensive cwstruction, may be qulckly and firmly attached to the package and also maybe quickly and conveniently removed therefrom. Y

A further object of theinvention is to provide means for sifting the contents of the package when desired, the sifting means being so arranged thatthe apertures through" which the sifting is to take place may be readilyopened or closed. v

A further object is to combine the closure and the sprinkling means into one unit, so as to simplify the structure by using certain portions of the structure as parts of both the closure and the sifting means.

I have illustrated one exemplification of my invention by use of the'accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a pack-- age with a sitter-top closure which embodies the features of the invention, and which shows the Sifter-top closed. Fig. 2 is a per spective of the upper end of the package showing the Sifter-top opened. Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross-section along the line 3-3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the closure with the sifter removed; and Fig. 5 is an end view of the same. Fig. 6 is a lan view of the sifter, and Fig. 7 1s an on view of the same.

The upper end wall of top 2 of the package 1 may be attached to the sides 3 of the package'hy any-ordinary or suitable means, for example by 1" ingthe flangejifupon the edges of the si es 3 of the package. The horizontal portion 5 of the end or top 2 is depressed as indicated in Fig. 3, so that the closure will not project upward beyond the upper edges of the sides 3, and also so as to provide a space for inserting an in- I, a: 1;, ILLINOIS, assronon TO .1. L. can. a ooraraur, or noogro, ILLINOIS, a coo 2::

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sure, as indicated in Fig. 3. The closure in this instance is composed of the oblong metallic member 8, and comprises the horizontal flat portion -9 having apertures 19 therethrough, the upwardly extending flange 10, and the outwardly extending horizontal to portion 11, and the guide portions 12. The flange 7 ofthe top and the flange 10 of the closure are so shapedthat the closure flange fits snugly in the top flange. en the closure 1s to be removed, an instrument may be pried-up.-'

The sifting member 13 comprises the flat placed under the flangell, and the closure portion 14 having apertures 18 therethrough, the upwardly extending flanges 15, the guide flanges 16, and the operating handles 17. As indicated in Fig. 3, this member isyadapted to fit loosely in the closure 8, the guide flanges 16 coasting with the guide 12 of the closure, the shape of the different 30 parts being such that the sifter may be easily slipped along the guides 12 by means of the handles 17 When in the position indicated by Flg. 2, the apertures 18 of the sifter register with apertures 19 of the closure, so that 35 a the contents of the'package may be sifted out. But when the sifter is in the position mdicated in Fig. 1, the apertures 18 and 19 do not register and the ackage is closed.

In practice, the can is filled through the opening defined by the flange 7 and the closure then seated in said opening.

The top, the closure and the sifter, which I have herein shown and described, are all of such shape that they may be easily 5 punched and pressed into shape; the top may be quickly applied to the package; the closure and the sifter may be readily assembled as a unit and may be easily and conveniently placed firmly on the top; and the sifter may be readily manipulated to open or close the sifting apertures.

1 claim as my invention: 1. A container comprising a body, a top wall having its edges secured to one end of the body to close the same, said top wall having an elongated opening with straight parallel sides, and said top wall being depressed a material distance to position the closure beneath the upper edges of the side a atented Sept. it, 1915. Application filed November 17, 1913. serial No. 801,385.

walls, an an lar upwardly-extending flange surroun ing said opening, an inner downwardly-extending flange at the edge of the mentioned flange, an apertured closure having an angular flange extending upwardly from its periphery and fitting snugly within the second mentioned flange on said ,top wall, a horizontal peripheral flange on said plate.

the upper edge of the closure flange, said horizontal flange overlying and projecting beyond the two flanges on the top wall, a plate overlying said closure and having upwardly extending flanges along its opposite parallel sides fitting within the first mentioned flanges on the closure, horizontal guide flanges on the upper ends of said plate-flanges overlying the horizontal flange on the closure, and portions on the latter flange bent to overlie the guide flanges on 2. A container comprising a body, a top wall closing one end thereof and having an elongated opening spaced inwardly from its edges and'provided with a surrounding angular flange, the opposite sides of said opening and flange being straight and parallel, a similarly shaped closure having an angular .peripheral flange telescoping with said flange on the top wall, horizontal outwardly extending flange-portions? along the opposite straight portions of said closure flange, a plate overlying the closure and having angular flanges at its opposite straight sides telescoping with said closure'fl'ange, horizontal wall having an opening with a surrounding angular flange, a closure having an upwardly extending flange telescoping into the flange on the top wall, said opening, closure and flanges being elongated in shape with their opposite longitudinal sides straight and parallel, and being spaced inwardly from the planes of the body walls, a sitter plate overlying the closure and having upwardly extending flanges along its opposite straight sides telescoping into the flange on the closure, outwardly extending guide portions along the straight portions of the respective flanges on,the closure and sifter plate, the said guide portions of the closure having parts-bent to overlie the said guide portions of the sifter plate to retain and guide the latter for longitudinal reciproca tion.

4. A container comprising a wall having an elongated opening therethrough with a surrounding angular flange, an apertured closure havln a narrow upwardly-extending periphera flange adapted to removably fit Within the mentioned flange, the opposite long sides of the opening, closure and flanges being straight and parallel and the ends being rounded, a continuous flat plate closely overlying said closure and having a plurality of small sifting apertures therethrough, straight narrow flanges on the opposite sides of said plate lying alongside the straight portions of the closure flange, and interengaging guides in the upper edges of said flanges on the closure and plate.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALFRED FRANKENBERG. 

